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NEGLECTFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neglectfulness mean?
• NEGLECTFULNESS (noun)
The noun NEGLECTFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Familiarity information: NEGLECTFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
neglect; neglectfulness; negligence
Hypernyms ("neglectfulness" is a kind of...):
carelessness; sloppiness (the quality of not being careful or taking pains)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neglectfulness"):
delinquency; dereliction; willful neglect (a tendency to be negligent and uncaring)
laxity; laxness; remissness; slackness (the quality of being lax and neglectful)
Derivation:
neglectful (failing in what duty requires)
neglectful (not showing due care or attention)
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